Flag support for automobiles



A. 6. m2 GERALD. FLAG SUPPORT FOR'AUTOWIOBILES.

APPLlCATlON FILED OCT. 19, I920- Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

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ARTHUR GBOVEB FITZGERALD, OF BROOKLINE, MASSAGI-IUSETTS.* V

FLAG SUPPORT FOR. AUTOMOBILES.

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' To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, A THUR Gnornn Firs GERALD, a citizen of the Un ted States, and a resident cfBrookline, county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, haveinventedan Improvement in a FlagfSupport for Automobiles, of which the following is aspecificat-ionr This invention relates tosupports for pennants and small flags on automobiles and h for its objectto provide a form of support which may be readily applied to any ordinary form of automobile, and may be readily removed therefrom, and which, when in use, will hold the front end of the-perrnant tightly'stretched. p

Also to provide a support which is of simple construction, and may be produced and applied at small expense. I

I accomplish these objects by the means shownin the accompanying drawing, in

which; n we Fig. l is a side elevation illustrating an embodiment of my invention. r I

F 1g. 2 is a vlew, on an enlarged scale, showmg the support detached from the auto-' mobile.

F ig 3 is a section view'at line 3- 3 of Fig.1. V Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are detail views showing a modification, Fig. 5 being a section on line 55 of Fig. 4. i

According to my invention, I provide a resilient, flag-supportingiarm a, which is preferably formed from a thin, fiat strip of spring steel, which, when located in the position hereinafter described, will bev almost invisible. Said arm is connected, at

one end, to the mud-guard b of an automobile, at a point directly over the middle of the front wheel, which is usually the highest point in the guard, and from which point.

the guard slopes downward, as'it extends rearward.

Said arm isconnected to the guard-in a manner to permit ready removal and detachment, a'preferred method, as shown in Figs. j 1 and 2, being to form an aperture biiin the guard, at the point above indicated, and

form a right angularly bent toe a on the end of the arm, which is adapted to be inserted therein, shoulders a being'formed at each side of said toe forengage'mentwith the upper surface of the guard.

In placing the arm in position', it is held. nearly vertically, when the toe is inserted,

Specification of Letters Patent.

wind then it is swung rearwardly to}; an

Patented? pr. 1 ,1922. Application filed October 19, 1920. Serial no; 418,958. i i a ,the opposite end of the arm a. from the, support end,. an d, when the armis formed of ea mat as a e, hee'i 'por ngr wh ch the eye a is formed, istwistedso that the end portion will be in verticalfposition,.

when the arm is in position for'use.

Two small apertures c v are formed, side by side, in the mud-guard at a point directly beneath the aperture a of the arm, when in position, said apertures a being adapted and arranged to receive one end of an S-lmok (Z. x An S-hook e is also arranged in the aperture a and the flag or pennant f isattached to said hooks, .aS shown in Fig. 3, by inserting them in the grommetslocated in the'corners thereof. Any other convenient means of attachment may be employed. Thenormal position of the arm islindicatedby the dotted line positio'n'of'Fig. 1, so that it must be placed under tension to permit the attachmentof the :flag, so that, when attached, the arm will hold the front edge of the flag taut, as shown in Fig. 1. It will be apparent. that the flag and arm may be readily removed by merely detach-f ing-the hook (Z from the guard; and then re-- 1 moving the arm from the aperture in Which; g

it was placed.

In F1gs.4 to 7 a modified form of means for attaching the arm to the mud-guard, is shown, said means consisting of anapertured clip 9', which is'secured to the top portion ofthe muchguard and is provided with lugs g; beneath which the end-portion of an arm 171,, similar to arm a, ls-adapted to-be inserted. "To holdthe arnrinposition in 1 the clip, the-arm is provided with a spring tongue in the middle of its end portion, said tongue having a curved middle portion,

which is/adapted to engage in a-correspOnding recess 9 111 the clip, so that, when the arm is inserted beneath the lugs,.the tongue 7 ill spring into said recess and lock the arm in position, as shown in Fig. 1.

In lieu of the aperture 0, for attaching the hook (Z to the mud-guard,; an eye is maybe permanently secured to the guard, as indi.- -cated in Fig- 7.

1 With either form illustrated,theflag and arm may be readily attached or detached and, when in position of use, will not rattle from the vibrations of the mudguard.

In practice the relative length of the arm, the width of the pennant, and the rearward inclination of the mud-guard, will be such that the arm will be drawn down nearly to a horizontal position so that the greater portion of the pennant will be below the level of the highest portion of the guard. The arm will also be in such a position that it will have the hood of the automobile as a background, which tends to decrease its "isibility.

I claim: g

1. A flag support for automobiles comprising a resilient arm and means for de, tachably connecting the same, at one end,

to the automobile, means at the opposite end of said arm adapted for connection to one corner of the flag and means for connecting the opposite corner of the flag to the automobile in position to permit the front edge of the flag to be held under tension by the resilient action of the arm. 7 V

'2. In combination with the mud-guard of an automobile, a resilient arm a socket on the guard, at a high point thereof, adapted to receive one end portion of said arm, and to hold the same in a position to extend rear- Ward, means at the opposite end of said arm adapted for connection to the flag and means on a lower portion of the guard and beneath the last named end of the arm, to connect the opposite corner of the flag thereto and hold the flag against the resilient action of the arm.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ARTHUR eRovER rrrz GERALD. 

